Atarah, a young early education teacher just trying to live. On the weekends, she worked a job she wasn't so proud of. She was a bottle girl at one of the hottest clubs. Taleem, a single father of one who worked many jobs to clean all of his dirty money and still juggled the struggle of being a single father. He found himself fascinated with Atarah. What will happen when they keep crossing paths? Read to find out!

Sequel to 'My Brothers Shadow'. Please read book #1 first so you won't be lost. 🩶

18 year old Seven is the pride of 12th Street. With a 4.0 GPA, a clean record, and a future that stretches far beyond the projects, she's the "good girl" everyone points to. She lives her life by the book, tucked safely behind the protection of her brother, Serge, and the iron gate of her porch. She's a goldfish in a shark tank, and she knows it. But the walls Serge built are starting to feel thin. Ghost is the first crack in her foundation. He's Serge's right hand, a man who has known Seven since she was in pigtails. He's respectful, steady, and moves through their house with a silent, predatory grace. He knows the "don't touch" policy better than anyone, but the way he watches her from the kitchen door tells a different story. He's the familiar danger, the one who's always there, whispering that he sees the woman she's becoming. Then there is Lucky. If Ghost is the fire, Lucky is the cold, dark eclipse. As the man who runs the neighborhood, he doesn't come inside, and he doesn't play by anyone's rules, not even Serge's. He doesn't talk much. He doesn't have to, his presence is a loud enough statement. Seven is caught in the crosshairs of two different kinds of power. One man is her brother's best friend who respects the house, the other is the street legend who intends to own it. On 12th Street, loyalty is everything... but some temptations are worth the war.

Every time Isaiah looked at himself in the mirror, he was constantly reminded of the most traumatic moment of his life. He grew to hate himself until Namiko randomly waltzed into his life one day and began teaching him how to love himself again. It was as if she was his second chance. He'd been so pissed off all night to the point where he was physically shaking like a ticking bomb. This one hug from her felt like the rainbow after a severe thunderstorm. He couldn't believe that his sanity really depended on her. He'd never reached this point of love before. She brought him so much peace. That's why he loved her the way that he did; the reason why he couldn't stand to spend a single second away from her and why he depended on her to keep him sane. She was just it; like a breath of fresh air. He never expected the woman that ended up stealing his heart would be a real life Disney Princess wandering cluelessly around New York City; an autistic one, at that.

read to find out😉

𝑻𝑾𝑶 𝑪𝑯𝑰𝑳𝑫𝑯𝑶𝑶𝑫 𝑭𝑹𝑰𝑬𝑵𝑫𝑺 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑣𝑖𝑒𝑤 𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑑𝑖𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑎𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑎 24ℎ𝑟 𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑚. 𝑰𝑻𝑺 𝑫𝑰𝑶𝑹 𝑩𝑩𝒀.

" 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐛𝐞 𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐞, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐈'𝐦 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐈 𝐛𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞."

Nyomi is hired by a mutual friend to help Khaiem expand his art lounge into a lifestyle brand. She plans to keep things professional-especially since she's still healing from a controlling ex who almost ruined her career. But Khaiem's creative, confident energy disarms her, and he's intrigued by her quiet power. What starts as creative brainstorming sessions at midnight turns into heated arguments, laughter, and stolen touches. But when her ex reappears, and Khaiem's old trust issues resurface, they'll have to choose if love is worth risking their carefully rebuilt lives.

love • /ləv/ an intense feeling of deep affection.

𝑎𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑜𝑟 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑒𝑠........ 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿; 𝑑𝑑 𝑜𝑠𝑎𝑚𝑎 ❝𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑔𝑜𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑎 𝑛𝑖𝑔𝑔𝑎 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑❞ 𝐈𝐍 𝐖𝐇𝐈𝐂𝐇 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑜𝑛𝑖𝑐 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑠 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒. ❝𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑖𝑛 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑚𝑦 𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑒 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒,❞ 𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑛 𝑏𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡𝑑𝑖𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑓💗